Quick and easy potato skin recipe

By: Nikki and Jordan Shearer

Date: 20.06.2016

Check out this quick and easy potato skins recipe by Masterchef NZ runners up Nikki and Jordan Shearer.

Serves 4-6

This is a Tex Mex classic...straight from the USA! Deep fried baked potato skins, crispy streaky bacon, cheese, sour cream… and you need to make sure you make a whole load of these because everyone, even those on a diet, will come back for more, seriously!

The leftover flesh of the potato is awesome to use in any type of pattie or simply place in oven (on a high heat) with a drizzle of olive oil and salt, and serve with steak and salad… crisps up beautifully. You can always pencil in the run for the next day!

Ingredients

6 Agria potatoes, scrubbed and washed thoroughly

10 rashes of streaky bacon, diced

150g Colby or tasty cheese, grated

150g sour cream

Olive oil

Method

Preheat the oven to 180˚C and place the potatoes in the oven for 1 - 1 ½ hours or until a knife easily slides through the potato.

Remove and cool.

When cool, slice in half lengthwise and scoop out the flesh with a teaspoon. Make sure that you leave some potato flesh on the skin.

Fry the bacon until coloured, remove from heat and set aside.

Heat 3- 4 Tbsp of olive oil in frying pan and when hot place the potato skins, skin side up in the pan.